Sealed and incased receptacle.



PATBNTED OCT. 1.5, 1907.

Non

- L. B, SCHENGK.

SEALED' AND INCASBD REGEPTAOLE.

APPLIGATIOI'ILED JUNE 17. 1907.

UNITED STATESl LUDWIG B. SGHENOK, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

SiEALED AND INCASED RECPTALE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Oet. 15, 1907.

Application filed iTune 17,1907. Serial No. 379,478.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LUDWIG B. SCHENCK, a citizen of the German Empire,lresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealed and lncasedReceptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the construction of closures for receptacles ofthe class intended for the marketing of such `commodities as it isdesired to protect against unauthorized adulteration, or substitution;and also, and especially, a receptacle which, being of a fragile natureand liable to rough usage,` is provided with a protecting hood thatserves as an additional means of preventing unauthorized interferencewith the contents of the receptacle.

This invention has for its object the provision of an inexpensive,simple, easily assembled, and efficient, incased receptacle and closuretherefor, adapted to be applied to the sealing and securing againstinterference of samples or trade articles generally. The assembledreceptacle is especially applicable to the marketing and preservation'of travelers conveniences, as it may be subjected to very rough usagewithout break ing, will not leak, and yet is of a character permittingeasy withdrawal of the contents when desired.

To this end, my invention, generally stated, embraces, broadly, the.combination with a receptacle having a closure retaining abutment, of aclosure,l a

sleeve or collar adapted to engage both the closure and the closureretaining abutment, and a hood or ineasement for the receptacle, partsof the hood being confined between the collar or sleeve and the closureretaining abutment in'such manner that the collar which confines the'closure can not be removed without disiiguring or destroying the hoodor incasement of the receptacle. v

There are other, minor, features of invention, residing in particularcombinations and elemental constructions, allas will hereinafter morefully appear..

In the drawings chosen for the purpose of illustrating this invention,the scope whereof is pointed .out in the claims, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a receptacle, an incasing hood or jacket, and aclosure for the receptacle, embodying my invention. Fig. 2'is anenlarged vertical central section of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a detached perspective view of the closure collar. Fig. 3 is adetached per spective view of the closure cap. Fig. 4 is a verticalcentral section of a portion ofthe device wherein the closureconstitutes a sprinkler top.

Like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur.

I will now proceed to describe my invention more fully, so that othersskilled in the art to which itl appertains may apply the saine.

In the drawings, l indicates the receptacle, in the present instancerepresented as a bottle having the usual contracted portion or neck 2.On or in the contracted portion or neck 2 of the receptacle at a suit-lable point is formedl a closure retaining abutment which, in the presentinstance', is shown as a raised bead or flange 2a, but which may be ofany character such as will afford means for retaining the closure collarin place after its lower edge has been crimped inwardly, as hereinafterreferred to.

3 indicates a hood, jacket or incasement for the re'- ceptacle. It is ofsuch a character or shape that it may be readily applied to thereceptacle, and when so applied conforms to said receptacle and permitsthe proper application and securing of the closure collar.

This external closure collar, which is retained in proper positionthrough the medium of the` retaining yabutment of the receptacle, thussecures both the the hood, or incasement, is preferably made of paper,

papier mch, or any equivalent therefor which, if de sired, may becrimped, corrugated or embossed.

4 indicates the closure of the receptacle. /If desired,

it may be the usual cork or stopper, and in such case there isinterposed between the cork, the mouth of the receptacle, and theclosure collar an interposed cap 4 which is confined to the receptacleby the closure collar. This interposed cap 4 will be of some soft metalor alloy that may be readily c-ut by any sharp instrument, to permit thestopper to be immediately withdrawn, the intent being that the integrityof the cap and hood or jacket shall be a guarantee that the contents ofthe receptacle have not been tamperedwith. lf'preferred, however,instead of employing the usual cork or cap-closure, a sprinkler closuresuch as shown at 5, Fig. 4 of the drawing may be provided. The sprinklerclosurelmay be of any well known or approved character, except thatinstead of being provided with the usual depending flange or collar forattachment to the receptacle, its hollow tube will terminate in the disk5 which is preferably provided with the annular shoulder 5b whereby itis centered with relation to the closure collar employed to confine itto the'receptacle, in like manner as in case of the cork 4 and cap 4,

6 indicates the closure collar, which should be of such hard or rigidmetal as will prevent easy removal when its lower edge or projectionsthereon have been once crimped under the closure retaining abutment 2fof the receptacle. ln-this instance the upper edge of the closure collar6 is provided with a continuous inwardly projecting flange 6 adapted toconiine the closure 4 and its soft metal cap and yet leave a centralopening through which the cap 4 or seal may be reached. In lieu of thecontinuous flange 6, points or projections may be provided to engage theclosure, but the annular flangeI 6 is of course to be preferred wherethe closure is in the form of a sprinkler. The lower end of the closurecollar 6 may be plain or may be serrated as at 6b, and in either casecan be readily crimped under the closure retainingabutment 2 by anysuitable tool. When the lower end of the collar 6 is serrated the hoodor jacket will be punctured by the teeth as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4of the drawing,

The construction being such as hereinbeiore pointed out the device willbe assembled as follows: The hood or jacket can be slipped on thereceptacle l either' before or after the receptacle has been filled withthe desired contents. Thereafter, in case a common stopper 4 and cap 41lare the closures employed, the stopper will be inserted in the mouth ofthe receptacle and the said stopper and the mouth of the receptacle willbe covered with the cap 4, afterwhich the closure collar 6 will beapplied over all to confine the stopper and cap, and finally the loweredge of the closure collar 6 will be crimped under the closure abutment2 of the receptacle. That portion of the hood or jacket adjacent to theabutment 2" will be firmly clamped between the crimped lower edge of theclosure collar and the abutment so that the closure collar can not beremoved without defaeing the hood or jacket 3.

In case a sprinkler top is the desired closure, the same will beinsertedl in the mouth of the receptacle, after the receptacle has beenfilled, and the closure collar 6 is then applied as shown in Fig. 4 ofthe drawing, the shoulder 5b of disk 5 causing the sprinkler top 5 tocentervwith the collar, and finally the lower edge of the sprinklercollar is crimped under the closure abut- `ment on the receptacle,whereupon the closure will be confined by the closure'collar in likemanner as in the case 0i' the stopper 4 and cap 4, so that any attemptto remove the closure collar will result in a deiacement of the incasinghood or jacket 3.

It will be evident that in case the stopper 4 and soft metal cap 4 iormthe closure, the contents oi the rcceptacle can not be reached withoutdestroying the cap, nor can other matter be substituted and the capreplaced without removing the closure collar.

As the removal oi the closure collar would deiace the hood or jacket,and this would also occur where the sprinkler closure was employed inlieu of the stopper and cap, it is evident that in either case thecontents of the receptacle can not be tampered with without detection.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1A A device of the character indicated, comprising` a receptacle havinga closure retaining abutment, a closure therefor, an incasing hood forthe receptacle, and a closure collar adapted to confine both the closureand the hood to the receptacle.

2. A device of the character indicated, comprising a rcceptaele having aclosure retaining abutment, a closureI therefor consistingl of a softmetal cap and a plug, a hood or jacket for the receptacle, and a closurecollar adapted lo comme said closure and also the receptacle hood tosaid receptacle.

3. A device of the character indicated, comprising a rcceptacie having aclosure retaining abutment, a closure therefor, a hood or jacket for thereceptacle and a closure collar having an inwardly projecting flange forconfining the closure to the receptacle and having its lower edgecrimped under the closure retaining abutment: of the receptacle.

4. A device of the character indicated, comprisingl a receptacle havingla closure retaining abutment, a closure therefor, a hood for incasingthe receptacle, and a closure collar provided with an inwardlyprojecting flange for confining the closure to the receptacle and havinga lower serrated edge which is crimped under the closure retainingabutment of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof 1 alix my signature, in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

LUDWIG B. SCIIENUR.

Witnesses WALTER A. HALL, R, I. Hovnv.

